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Monday, 29 October 2012

Hope you've all had a fab weekend. It's certainly turned colder that's for sure. I'm still playing catch up with blogging, so if I haven't visited you I'm sorry.

I have a male card to share with you today, rare for me as I love all the girly images and especially my embellishments. Saying that I really like how this card turned out.

I have a chap who asks me every year to make a card for his Grandson and it's always on the same theme of football. Now I only have so many football images if you know what I mean, so I scoured the internet and found this image in one of the online colouring pages. I'm pleased to say he was delighted with this card.

I decorated the inside to match the outside.

I coloured the grass using YG67, YG63, G20 and then put some colourless blender onto a sponge and dabbed it around the grass, giving it a little texture and uneven look.

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

My days are all put out this week and think it's cos I've had a long weekend away. Had a great family weekend in Centre Parcs, lots of laughs and generally chilled quality time with family. I have to tell you about my elder sister who has never bowled before, well until now anyway. She knew she had to wear bowling shoes and we was pointed into the direction of all the cubeholes containing the bowling shoes. We told her to look for her size and pop her boots into the cubehole. My boots had a hole in them and letting in water, so whilst I was bent over tying my laces, I said to Eunice, "do you think there'd mind if I took these home", to which she glanced over at my bowling shoes and said, "well I don't think much of yours". I looked at her feet only to notice her tying up a nice neat pair of black Van's, pmsl. She had put someone elses shoe's on. She just thought she could pick anything from the cubeholes, bless her.

Anyway, hopefully that made you smile so onto my card for you today. It's challenge time at Crafts and Me and the lovely Karina has chosen the theme of "Fantasy Creatures". I have used the beautiful Mermaid Winter Wishes by Hannah Lynn.

Monday, 22 October 2012

I have something a little different for you today. You know how much I love the Make It Crafty chipboard but seriously have you seen the new chipboard Frames??? Let me tell you they are wicked. I have used a circular frame, fits together really quickly and then the fun bit begins. This is what I created.

I coated the chipboard first in Gesso, it's a bit thicker than acrylic paint. The chipboard bird, birdcage and flowers have all been painted in gesso and once dried I applied some Tim Holtz Picket Fence to give it that crackle vintage feel. This was also applied to the edges of my image and the pearls, and wherever else I fancied. Isn't that birdie cage just beautiful.

And here's a close up of some of the make it crafty flowers.

Do you remember the Heart Dies from Marianne Designs, bet you do, a few of me blamed me for your purchases. Well naughty me I've used it again. This time I have nested the small one on top of the larger one. The little charm is also a new release from Marianne Design.

And to save you scrolling back to the top, here's the whole vintage frame.

Monday, 15 October 2012

Did you all have a great weekend. Mine vanished before my eyes as usual. I did have a lay in yesterday until 9:30 which is really good for me, trouble is by the time you get up, shower, dry and straighten your hair half the day has gone. I certainly didn't get as much crafting done as I intended, spent most of saturday filling in forms trying to reclaim PPI, have any of you done this?

Today at Marianne's Diva's the theme is Shaped Cards. Don't forget to use something by Marianne Design in order to enter, but I'm sure you all must have MD stash around.

I have used one of the Marianne Design vintage images, love them. I created the shape using Marianne Designs Anja's Squares, This set comes as 4 dies.

Of course my all time Marianne Design the Poinsetta had to make an appearance. I have actually used the serrated ones this time and the minature version. I cut them on some Aida I purchased a while back to make another flower using a die. I have added some Tim Holtz Picket Fence crackle pain to the edges.

Here's a close up of the Marianne Design Finish Star. I cut it out on accetate and then added some diamond dust.

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The BunnyZoe Team have come together today to wish our fabby Boss Lady Nikki a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY, so Happy Happy Birthday Nikki and hope you have a fabulous day. We'd love it too if you all could do the same. There is a £10 BunnyZoe voucher up for grabs and maybe some extra candy along the way. So here's the order in case you get lost.

I didn't have time to make another card for today, busy busy bee this week and far too many late nights, so I have featured some of my favourite cards made for BunnyZoe, all the links are below for the products used can be found on the posts on the BunnyZoe blog, or just feel free to ask me if you have any questions..

I am going to choose one lucky commenter to receive 20 Envelope Boxes and for all those who have enquired after 8 x 8 boxes, I should have these early November, so watch this space.

So good luck everyone and don't forget the say Hi and Happy Birthday to the lovely Nikki.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Busy week this week, parent's evening last night and tonight I'm chauffering to a football match..... hurry up and pass your driving test son, although have you seen the price of car insurance for young lads today, OMG, quotes in the region of £5,000. Cheapest is about £3,000 for third party on the lowest insurance group possible. Seriously, this is just encouraging youngsters not to bother getting any. Ark at me, now I feel old sound like my mother, lol.

My card today is my DT card for Crafts and Me and the challenge this fortnight is "Anything Goes". Real easy. I have used Hampton Art's Kitty in Basket available HERE.

And can you see my little heart, it's one of the Marianne Design Dies and I must admit when I first saw the die it wasn't for me but I really, really like it now, and I'll be using again real soon....

Monday, 8 October 2012

Hope you've all had a great weekend and no your not seeing things, I really do have two posts today, so if your looking for my monthly BunnyZoe post please scroll down one.

I have a card for you today using the Anastasia rubber stamp from Make It Crafty. I have used colours that are really out of my comfort zone, and I'm still not sure what I think........maybe you could help me decide....

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I still haven't got the hang of my new camera, sometimes I take good pictures and sometimes they are awful, but I haven't worked out what I'm doing wrong, yet.

Where did the weekend go? Had a lovely meal and some laughs around a friend's and catching up with old friends, we certainly don't spend enough time doing this and I think I'll have to make it a new year's resolution.

It's that time of the month for the BunnyZoe challenge and this month it is Pink, Pearls and Lace. I love this combination. I have used Summer Fairy by Whimsy and coloured her using distress reinkers, ink pads and markers. Isn't she a little darling. The post card is also by Whimsy, links below.

Next up is a christmas card using one of the Nellie Snellen's cutie stamps called Christmas Birdie. I have used traditional colours and papers from My Minds Eye All is Bright and Wild Rose Studio Annabelles's Christmas.